The following covariates were included in the analysis: age (Q1, 6.0-7.9 years; Q2, 8.0-9.9 years; Q3, 10.0-13.0 years; and Q4, 13.1-17.9 years), sex (male or female), household income (< 2, 000 Yuan, 2, 000-5, 000 Yuan, or > 5, 000 Yuan), and parental BMI and obesity ...
Example:If your child is a 14-year-old boy who is 5ft 3 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds for example, his BMI is 21.3 which puts him in the 76th percentile. This BMI figure indicates that he is at a healthy weight because the proper range is between 90 and 128 pounds in this in...
Example:If your child is a 14-year-old boy who is 5ft 3 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds for example, his BMI is 21.3 which puts him in the 76th percentile. This BMI figure indicates that he is at a healthy weight because the proper range is between 90 and 128 pounds in this in...
As expected in a real-life analysis, a good number of elderly patients (defined as > 65 years old) composed the sample (54%). The patients were divided into four subgroups, based on the BMI categories: underweight (BMI < 20), normal weight (BMI 20–24.9), overweight (BMI ...
For example, a 20-year-old male will ideally have 8.5% body fat but this figure rises to 20.9% aged 55. There is special body fat percentage machines where you just stand on them and allow a mild electrical current to course through your body. You can also use the old-fashioned yet ...
Example:If your child is a 14-year-old boy who is 5ft 3 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds for example, his BMI is 21.3 which puts him in the 76th percentile. This BMI figure indicates that he is at a healthy weight because the proper range is between 90 and 128 pounds in this in...
Although inequality in the prevalence of hypertension or in the association of hypertension with adiposity measures exists for other spheres too like urban–rural, rich–poor, the differences between the male and female sex persist in every age group and may increase with increasing age. Moreover,...
41-year-old female with a BMI of 27.7 diagnosed with thoracolumbar idiopathic scoliosis.Ziqiang, Chen
(mm3/year) Males (n = 217)† Combined (n = 428)‡ Interaction with sex (male vs. female) p for interaction Medial tibial 0.27 (0.00 to 0.54) 0.43 (0.14 to 0.73) 0.36 (0.16 to 0.57) 0.16 (− 0.24 to 0.57) 0.430 Lateral tibial 0.37 (0.11 to 0.63) 0....
The International Osteoporosis Foundation estimated that one in three women over 50 years old and one in five men will experience an osteoporotic fracture [4]. Thus, potential factors for bone mineral density (BMD) need to be identified which are vital for devising public health strategies. ...